Artificial bait



D 11, 1951 T. E. CANDIOTO 2,578,041 ARTIFICIAL BAIT Filed Aug. 25, 1948Fig.

Thomas E. Gandiolo INVENTOR.

BY Ema/22' Wynn; Fm

Patented Dec. 11, 1951 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ARTIFICIAL BAITThomas E. Candioto, New Castle, Pa.

Application August 25, 1948, Serial No. 46,046

2 Claims. (Cl. 4342.44)

The present invention relates to new and useful improvements inartificial bait for casting or trolling purposes.

An important object of the invention is to provide an elongated rotatedbody supported on a stationary central shaft with a line attaching eyeat one end of the shaft and a multiple fish hook carried at the otherend of the shaft and also connecting additional hooks to theintermediate portion of the shaft which project outwardly throughopenings in the body for rotation therewith.

A further object of the invention is to provide the openings in the bodyat a rearwardly inclined angle and shaping the shank of the hook to liesubstantially flatly against the inclined portion of the openingswhereby to support and brace the hooks at a rearwardly inclined anglewith respect to the body.

A still further object is to provide a device of this character ofsimple and practical construction, which is efiicient and reliable inuse, relatively inexpensive to manufacture and otherwise well adaptedfor the purposes for which the same is intended.

Other objects and advantages reside in the details of construction andoperation as more fully hereinafter described and claimed, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings forming part hereof, wherein likenumerals refer to like parts throughout, and in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevational View;

Figure 2 is a top plan view;

Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view taken substantially on a line3-3 of Figure 2;

Figure 4 is a front end elevational view; and

Figure 5 is a large longitudinal sectional view of a modifiedconstruction.

Referring now to the drawings in detail and first with respect to theform of the invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 4 inclusive, thenumeral 5 designates a substantially cylindrical solid body preferablyof suitable buoyant material and formed with a tapering substantiallyblunt front end 6 and rounded rear end 1. The body 5 is formed with alongitudinally extending bore 8 in which a shaft 9 is freely positionedfor rotation of the body on the shaft. The front end of the shaft 9 isformed with a line attaching eye 10 and its rear end with a hookattachong eye II to which a multiple hook I2 is attached. A bead I3 ispositioned between eye II and rear end of body 5 to reduce frictionbetween the rear end of the body and eye ll during rotation of the body.

A pair of propellers or vanes I4 projects laterally from diametricallyopposite sides of the body 5 and are inclined at a suitable angle tocause rotation of the body when the same is drawn through the water.

A pair of recesses [5 are formed in diametrically opposite sides of thebody 5, one forwardly of the other, the recesses intersecting the bore 8whereby eyes [6 at the inner end of the hooks I1 may be inserted in therecesses for rotation on the shaft 9 to support the hooks in anoutwardly projected position from the body.

The recess i5 is formed with a rearwardly sloping 'wall l8 and the eyeIt is inclined from the shank of the hook l1 whereby the shank will restflatly or substantially coplanar on the inclined surface l8 to inclinethe hook with respect to the body.

It will also be apparent that the inclined surface |8 supports the shankof the hook to prevent bending thereof should the hook strike ob ects inthe water as well as to prevent bending of the hook by a fish strikingthe same.

Figure 5 illustrates a modified form of the invention which comprises arelatively short body l8 having recesses IS directly opposite each otherto receive hooks 2i] with the eyes 2| of the hooks rotatable on theshaft or rod 22. The recesses i9 also have inclined surfaces 23 againstwhich the shanks of the hooks are held in a rearwardly inclinedposition.

In view of the foregoing description taken in conjunction with theaccompanying drawings it is believed that a clear understanding of theconstruction, operation and advantages of the device will be quiteapparent to those skilled in this art. A more detailed description isaccordingly deemed unnecessary. D

It is to be understood, however, that even though there is herein shownand described a preferred embodiment of the invention the same issusceptible to certain changes fully comprehended by the spirit of theinvention as herein described and the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. An artificial bait comprising an elongated cylindrical body having alongitudinal and uniform diameter bore therein, a shaft extendingthrough the bore for rotatably supporting the body, said body having arecess in one side intersecting the bore, said recess comprising a notchincluding a rearwardly sloping surface, and a fish hook positioned inthe recess and having an eye at its inner end for rotation on the shaftwith the body and having its shank bent in a rearwardly inclinedposition adjacent the eye to provide the shank with a relatively shortinner end portion and a relatively long outer end portion supported in arearwardly inclined position on said sloping surface with the bill ofthe hook projecting outwardly from the body, said short inner endportion of the shank engaging the body in the region of the bore to holdthe shank on said sloping surface.

2. An artificial bait comprising an elongated cylindrical body having alongitudinal and uniform diameter bore therein, a shaft extendingthrough the bore for rotatably supporting the body, said body alsohaving a pair of notches at opposite sides of the body intersecting thebore and formed with rearwardly sloping surfaces, and a pair of fishhooks positioned in the notches at opposite sides of the body andincluding eyes at their inner ends rotatable on the shaft with the body,and said hooks also including shanks in- 4 clined from the axis of theeyes and positioned against said sloping surfaces with the bills of thehooks projecting outwardly from the body.

THOMAS E. CANDIOTO.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file ofthis patent:

UNiTED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 800,536 Bailey et al Sept. 26,1905 1,474,823 Hines Nov. 20, 1923 2,136,713 Schnabel Nov. 15, 19332,152,275 Parkins Mar, 28, 1939 2,455,155 Baima Nov. 30, 1948 FOREIGNPATENTS Number Country Date 666,332 France of 1929

